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To: FaultLine who wrote (32568)	6/19/2002 10:48:00 AM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Is it true? I put the question to an expert I trust who has researched the Afghan campaign thoroughly and knows about as much as it is possible to know without access to classified sources. Here's his response: "I am dubious about the Pakistanis' escape story because by November we would have been in a position to interdict a lot of air traffic in and out of Afghanistan, and would have had a strong interest in doing so to prevent bin Laden and other top leaders from sneaking out of the country. On the other hand, we did overlook their potential means of escape at Tora Bora, so maybe we just got sloppy with the airlift thing (though I doubt it). Or maybe we thought the Pakistanis who were purportedly escaping weren't hard-core Taliban or al Qaeda so we didin't really care (though I doubt it). Bottom line: I don't really believe Hersh, but also don't think I have any smoking gun to refute him." tb@askMrWizard.com

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